you have live pictures happening there out of beirut as well. happy new year. and i think we are going to see pictures. there you go, times square. getting ready for the preparations, big celebration. obviously seven hours away and people are just jam packed. they are going to be there celebrating all night and all morning. we can imagine there. lights and lot of security. we are going to be talking about some of the security as well. but you can see that they have the cameras and people already cheering. this is going to be a really exciting time here. within the past few hours or so, we saw people ring in the new we are in moscow. dubai, united emirates, obviously, happy new year to all of you wherever you are right now. wolf blitzer is off. i m suzanne malveaux and you are in the situation room. breaking news here. in the united states on this new year s eve, a deadly line of storms, including tornadoes, racing through parts of the south and into the midwest. our